Thorpe Hamlet
WardSouth east Norwich. About 10,247 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Thorpe Hamlet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Thorpe Hamlet compares
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Is Thorpe Hamlet safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thorpe Hamlet at a rate of 259.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across Norwich.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 266 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thorpe Hamlet.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,114), other crime (495) and anti-social behaviour (440).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Norwich
These figures are published for the whole of Norwich, not for each ward, so they describe all of Norwich and not Thorpe Hamlet alone. See Norwich
Thorpe Hamlet in brief
Thorpe Hamlet had 9,686 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Thorpe Hamlet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thorpe Hamlet, 65.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Thorpe Hamlet, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.